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Pakistan has become a member of the exclusive club of nations that are producing over 1,000 megawatts of electricity through renewable energy sources as it has been consistently exploiting wind, power and biomass resources for producing clean power, announced Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) CEO Amjad Ali Awan. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Awan told the media that Pakistan would be producing 3,000 megawatts from renewable energy sources by the beginning of 2019. So far, the electricity…

In a recent interview, Alternative Energy Development Board CEO Amjad Ali Awan made an announcement that Pakistan has grabbed a position among those countries which are producing more than 1,000 megawatts of electricity through renewable energy sources. Talking to media persons, the CEO said, “Our country has been utilising its wind, power, and biogas resources for clean power.” Further he said that on the basis of renewable sources of energy, Pakistan had attained1,135 MWs of installed capacity of electricity. The…

Since 2008, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has been working hard to develop technologies to transmit electricity wirelessly. The goal of the Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS), is to be able to transmit energy from orbiting solar panels by 2030. On March 12th, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) successfully conducted a ground demonstration test of “wireless power transmission”, a technology that will serve as the basis for the SSPS. In the test, 10 kilowatts of electricity was successfully transmitted via…

The parliamentary committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was briefed about 14 early harvest energy projects which would be completed in March 2018 and would be in a position to generate 10,400 megawatts of electricity. The committee met on Wednesday in the Parliament House with its chairman, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, in chair. It was briefed on energy related projects related to CPEC by the Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif and the ministry’s secretary, Younas Dhaga. It was…